Cx510-3: Theories And Techniques Of Counseling And Psychotherapy - Final Exam
Final Exam for CX510
- 1.Which answer is NOT one of the four common therapy factors identified by Lambert in his empirical analysis of common therapy factors?
- A.
Techniques
- B.
Therapeutic relationship
- C.
Determination
- D.
Expectancy
- 2.For the most part, early treatments for human distress and disturbance consisted of a combination of:
- A.
Medical-biological procedures
- B.
Spiritual procedures
- C.
Psychosocial procedures
- D.
All of the above
- 3.Which of the following statements is true about the differences between counseling and psychotherapy?
- A.
Counselors and psychotherapists engage in very different sorts of behaviors.
- B.
Counselors and psychotherapists engage in the same behaviors, but in different proportions
- C.
Counselors tend to work on deeper issues, including unconscious processes.
- D.
Psychotherapy is an outdated term that is no longer used.
- 4.Having a reasonable theory and using it faithfully is one of the best ways to:
- A.
Develop a positive working relationship
- B.
Create expectancy or placebo effects
- C.
Have a fistful of techniques to use with your clients
- D.
All of the above
- 5.Informed consent includes the practice of:
- A.
Letting the client know about and consent to the ways you intend to work with them.
- B.
Trust building with the client.
- C.
Limiting how well a client will do in therapy.
- D.
Getting permission from a superior to counsel a client.
- 6.Metaphorically speaking, many theories books claim that ____________ is the father of modern psychotherapy.
- A.
Alfred Adler
- B.
Sigmund Freud
- C.
Pierre Janet
- D.
Carl Jung
- 7.According to Lambert, which of the following common therapeutic factors accounts for the most therapeutic change?
- A.
Extra-therapeutic change
- B.
The therapeutic relationship
- C.
Expectancy
- D.
Techniques
- 8.Which of the following major theoretical perspectives holds individuals responsible for their thoughts and behaviors that directly influence their feelings and physiology? (Hint: therapy focuses exclusively on the present)
- A.
Constructivistic Theory
- B.
Behavioral Theory
- C.
Person-Centered Theory
- D.
Reality Theory/Choice Theory
- 9.Mary Smith and Gene Glass developed a new statistical method for evaluating the efficacy of therapy by pooling together and obtaining an overall average effect size obtained from outcome measures across a diverse range of therapy research studies. This approach is called:
- A.
Linear Regression Analysis
- B.
Meta-Analysis
- C.
Meta-cognition
- D.
Double-blind statistical modeling
- 10.___________ is central to successful counseling and psychotherapy.
- A.
A large office
- B.
A comfortable couch
- C.
Confidentiality
- D.
A power differential
- 11.The “Dodo Bird Effect” in chapter one indicates that:
- A.
Gestalt therapy has been thoroughly researched and been proven to be more effective than all of the other therapies
- B.
Alice expressed in her unconscious that she really was sexually attracted to the Dodo bird
- C.
Different therapist theoretical orientation and different techniques do not produce different results
- D.
There is always a power differential between client and therapist
- 12.Which of the following is true about defense mechanisms?
- A.
They are automatic
- B.
They are conscious
- C.
They help clients view reality more accurately
- D.
All of the above
- E.
Only a and b
- 13.A boy and a girl aged 11 are constantly bickering, and say that they hate each other. Yet you suspect that they actually like each other. Their behavior is an example of:
- A.
Denial
- B.
Reaction formation
- C.
Repression
- D.
Sublimation
- 14.A therapist finds herself feeling excessively and uncharacteristically irritated while listening to a client. This is an example of:
- A.
Projection
- B.
Transference
- C.
Countertransference
- D.
Aggression
- 15.The main purpose of psychoanalytic therapy is to:
- A.
Transfer all of our maladaptive behaviors to the therapist
- B.
Identify our sexual cravings and desires
- C.
Help us slowly become aware of unconscious impulses
- D.
Realize the role culture and socialization has on our development
- 16.According to the ‘basic rule’ of Psychoanalysis, a therapist might start a session by saying:
- A.
This is what I have in mind today for our first session.
- B.
Why did you come in to see me today?
- C.
What kinds of problems are you trying to work through?
- D.
Say whatever comes to mind.
- 17.According to Freud a fixation or complex is _____________.
- A.
Unacceptable
- B.
An unresolved unconscious conflict
- C.
A cigar
- D.
A swirling in the unconscious
- 18.Which of Freud’s Ego Defense Mechanisms is characteristic of a client being afraid to express aggression toward someone, so instead they may behave in an excessively loving manner?
- A.
Rationalization
- B.
Denial
- C.
Anger Management
- D.
Reaction Formation
- 19.If a client irrationally believed his/her therapist was being critical and judgmental this would be an example of :
- A.
Displacement
- B.
Countertransference
- C.
Denial
- D.
Transference
- 20.If you were a psychoanalytic therapist, which statement would best fit your theoretical approach?
- A.
Tune in and tell me what you're feeling right now
- B.
What kind of dream did you want to discuss?
- C.
Say whatever comes to mind
- D.
What happened next?
- E.
None of the above
- 21.A preoccupation with money, dirt, and time would likely be a result of a fixation at the __________ stage of development.
- A.
Phallic
- B.
Latency
- C.
Oral
- D.
Anal
- E.
Genital
- 22.In the midst of a psychoanalytic oriented counseling session, Mr. Green, a client of Dr. Sommers, begins sucking his thumb and then runs from the office screaming, “I want my mommmmmmy.” Which defense mechanism seems to be operating here?
- A.
Reaction formation
- B.
Projection
- C.
Sublimation
- D.
Denial
- E.
Regression
- 23.In Adlerian therapy, a goal for many clients is
- A.
Finding cause and effect relationships that impact personal decisions
- B.
Developing social interest or responsibility
- C.
Delve into childhood memories to uncover the problems at hand
- D.
Solve the Rubik's cube quandary
- 24.Alfred Adler is credited with being the founder of:
- A.
Individual Psychology
- B.
Object Relations Theory
- C.
Cognitive Therapy
- D.
None of the above
- 25.What technique would an Adlerian therapist be using if he suggested to his client who is wishing for greater self-confidence: “Tomorrow, how about if you try to pretend for the day that you were filled with self-confidence?”
- A.
Creating new images
- B.
Push-button technique
- C.
'As-if' technique
- D.
Paradoxical strategy
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